"And I know you've spent a lifetime trying to protect me from the staggering pain of grief that comes from losing the things and the people and the places you allowed yourself to care about--but guess what, Jennika--that's no way to live. As much as it hurts to lose something you love, there's much greater joy in getting to experience it for as long as it lasts."

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Source : Alyson Noel (2012). “Fated”, p.347, Pan Macmillan

Alyson Noel

#Hurt Quotes #Pain Quotes #Grief Quotes

“There is a greater fatigue concerning the African problem today than five or 10 years ago. The situation now in Africa is worse today than it was 10 years ago.”
“Cacao has great nutritional value, a lot of protein, which strengthens a person, and without sugar it is not fattening.”
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
“There are no riches like the sweetness of content, nor poverty comparable to the want of patience.”
“The trick to having good ideas is not to sit around in glorious isolation and try to think big thoughts. The trick is to get more parts on the table.”

Source : Steven Johnson (2010). “Where Good Ideas Come From”, p.32, Penguin
“Creativity has got to start with humanity.”
“Don't you think there is always something unspoken between two people?”

Source : Tennessee Williams (1966). “27 Wagons Full of Cotton: And Other One-act Plays”, p.233, New Directions Publishing
“Everybody's heart is like a cup. They stumble from place to place and person to person, trying to get them filled. They get cracked, those cups, and even broken. Some people throw them away, thinking that it will stop the pain. Poor fools. Nobody can fill a cup but Almighty God Himself. Nobody.”

Source : Linda Lael Miller (2017). “McKettrick Men Complete Collection: McKettrick's Luck\McKettrick's Pride\McKettrick's Heart”, p.403, HQN Books

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